It is becoming increasingly difficult for the beautiful Wang, who is eager to save his son. Yang Feng would hide and hide every time he returned to the palace, but he refused to see the queen mother. He could not explain his plan to the beautiful Wang, and he could not make any guarantee.

He could not say to a sad, angry, anxious mother: The one that really needs protection is Da Chu, not the emperor himself.

In fact, he could not say such words to anyone, and the ministers were tacit about it and could cooperate with Zhongzhang Seal.

Yang Feng returned to his residence in the palace in the early morning. After all, he could not ignore the palace and had to deal with some affairs. This time he received not the imperial edict of the queen mother, but the invitation from the queen.

Yang Feng sighed and had to go to see the queen. In his eyes, the queen was more reasonable than the beautiful Wang.

Cui Xiaojun didn't expect that the emperor's suffering was not over yet. She cried quietly these days and couldn't cry after seeing Yang Feng, so she could only kneel down and beg.

Yang Feng hurriedly moved away from his side, and knelt on the ground, pounding and kowtowing, not daring to accept this great gift.

The queen stood up with the help of her maid, and Yang Feng kept kneeling on the ground.

"Mr. Yang..." Cui Xiaojun had a thousand words in his heart. He didn't know what to say, but he had to say, "Why did Your Majesty suffer this?"

"The great Chu is fortunate. The people who suffer this suffering are the current saints. Among the many emperors of the Great Chu, only Taizu and His Majesty can bear it."

If it were the beautiful Wang who heard this, he would immediately become furious. The queen squeezed out a smile and regarded Yang Feng's words as a sincere praise, "Well, only Your Majesty can bear it, but... Is Mr. Yang really saving Your Majesty?"

Yang Feng kowtowed and said, "Do my best, I dare not slackew. I am just stupid and incompetent. I have not lifted the siege of Jincheng yet."

Cui Xiaojun was silent for a while. Deep down, she felt that Yang Feng and the ministers in the court were not wrong, but the one who was surrounded was the emperor and the one she loved deeply. She could not be calm. "I heard that the Great Shanyu accepted the terms of peace talks and was willing to lift the siege, as long as..."

"As long as Da Chu abandons a large tract of territory and restores the old Qi State."

The Great Shanyu proposed many conditions, and these two were the most fatal.

Cui: "If His Majesty can return to Beijing safely, it will be worth it?"

Yang Feng raised his head and did not get up, but his expression became serious, "The key is here, Your Majesty will not come back."

"Hmm? Will the Great Shanyu let people go?"

"If the Great Shanyu felt safe, he might be able to rescue him, but His Majesty himself did not want to come back."

The queen is silent.

Yang Feng was not the one who followed the emperor the most, but the one who knew the emperor the most. He continued: "Your Majesty had been a puppet for a while and he hated it deeply. What the Great Shanyu wanted was a puppet, and he had to be a puppet that voluntarily. Your Majesty would never accept it. Even if the ministers in the court agreed to all the conditions of the Huns, they would still have to send it to Jincheng in the end, and with your Majesty the permission, I know your Majesty would not agree."

Cui Xiaojun finally cried. After crying for a while, she took the scarf and handkerchief from the maid, gently wiped away her tears, and asked solemnly: "Is there no way to do it?"

"The only way to make the Great Shanyu 'chants cherish' His Majesty and thus reduce the terms of peace talks, which may make His Majesty compromise."

"So Duke Yang appointed Emperor Wu's great-grandson as a marquis, and he would be appointed as a king next, right?"

Such a big thing cannot be concealed from the palace, so Yang Feng could only kowtow.

"I understand that if there was another Emperor of Chu in the capital, the Great Shanyu would feel nervous and feel that it would be more in line with the interests of the Huns when he seized the time to negotiate with His Majesty."

"The Queen's Breaking Note."

"But no one can guess the thoughts of the Great Shanyu. If he thinks that His Majesty is useless, why not...make the death toll?"

Yang Feng could only kowtow. Between him and his ministers, there was a final plan that no one would announce. If the Huns were indifferent and refused to lower the terms of peace talks, the emperor would have basically no hope of returning to the capital, and they could only support a new king. Even if this new king was not qualified, he would be better than the state of being in a state of no master in the world.

Cui Xiaojun sat down sadly. Beauty Wang was right. Apart from the two of them, there was no third person in the world who wanted the emperor to return to Beijing safely, but she felt that the others' actions might not be wrong.

"Your Majesty regards Duke Yang as his teacher and entrusts the entire capital, the palace and the court to Duke Yang..."

"Please believe that it is not easy for me to make such a decision, but I have to do so. Even if I become a sinner for the ages, it will be a sinner on Mr. Yang."

Cui Xiaojun wanted to get angry, cry, and beg, and finally she said calmly: "What does Mr. Yang need me to do?"

"Comfort your Majesty's mother, please don't... Forget it, just comfort me."

Cui Xiaojun nodded, knowing that this task is not easy at all. Beauty Wang has reached the brink of madness, and the queen's calmness is likely to be regarded as unfaithful, "Don't Yang... have you ever thought about the future?"

Yang Feng was slightly stunned, and then realized that if the emperor could not come back, it would be a good thing for him. The new king ascended the throne must rely on him. The beautiful Wang no longer had the possibility of becoming the empress dowager. Even if he had hatred, it would be useless.

The most troublesome thing is that the emperor returns safely, and the beautiful Wang is named the second empress dowager. She will probably not easily forgive Yang Feng and others for their actions.

"If you are a minister, you don't love your body, and Yang has no regrets."

The queen didn't say anything else. Yang Feng asked for his leave and handled several official duties. Finally, he made up his mind to discuss with the ministers in the early morning. He appointed Emperor Wu's great-grandson as King of Qi in the name of the Empress Dowager. The seal of the Empress Dowager was always in his hands, so things were convenient.

The news was immediately transmitted to Kanto, and everywhere they went, it was shocked. This time, the subjects of Da Chu really believed that the capital would support the new king. Officials and nobles from all over the country sent people back to Beijing to inquire about the news and prepared to establish contact with the emerging foreign power home.

The Chou King of Luoyang found that it was becoming increasingly difficult to supervise the release of grain. Without the emperor as his backer, the weight of the word "Chou King" was greatly reduced, but he did not give up. Henan Yin and the merchants refused to contribute money and efforts, so he used his reputation to borrow from all over the world. In short, things would go smoothly.

He did not mention anyone about the safety of the emperor.

After hearing that the New Qi King was granted the title, Qu Zixi, a doctor of the Imperial College, sighed and said to the disciples in Luoyang: "All officials perform their duties, some people save their masters, and some must be loyal. Since Your Majesty was trapped, I only heard that the soldiers were desperate and no literati went through fire and water. Qu was incompetent and could not turn the tide. He could only go to Jincheng in person to share the hardships with Your Majesty."

At noon that day, Qu Zixi set out on the road, and seventeen disciples followed him without invitation, saying that they were seeing him off, but they never looked back.

The news continued to go east and reached Qi State. The rebels finally realized that they had been deceived and that the British king in their hands could not succeed to the throne, so they went north with great fanfare to attack the Chu army with the Huns.

After receiving the news, Cui Hong couldn't help but be furious, thinking that the Cui family was going to lose their identity as queen again.

Chai Yue and Zhao Ruosu, the clan of the Secretariat, came to persuade each other, and tried their best to make Cui Hong understand that fighting the Huns seriously was the most important thing at the moment. If this battle was won, Jincheng might have a turning point. Even if the incident happened, the capital had to establish a new king, and the winning general would have greater power.

Han Ruzi, who was trapped in Jincheng, knew nothing about these things. He sent away Feng Ju, the Minister of Personnel, and handed over the responsibility of defending the city to Fan Chishan and Cai Xinghai. He found that he had nothing to do anymore. He had used all the means to see if the Great Shanyu took the action and how he took the action.

It was from this moment that he had recovered his initial calmness and could read the contents of the book. He called the piano player Zhang Zhuohe alone and ordered him to play the piano, either excited, sad, transcendent, or arrogant. The more emotional the music, the calmer he became.

He even resumed his practice and said to Meng E: "No other effect, just relying on it to boost the spirit, internal strength is worth practicing."

Meng E was more silent than before and taught more seriously.

"Look, you want to learn the emperor's skills, but what you see is the emperor's difficulties."

"I have learned more than ever these days." Meng E didn't regret it at all, and even felt secretly glad that she had escaped from Linzi in time. Otherwise, she would have been able to suspense at Jincheng thousands of miles away now.

"If the city is broken, you have to find a way to escape." There is only one day left before the date of the Da Shanyu's ultimatum, and Han Ruzi felt that he had to make arrangements for some things.

Meng E looked at the emperor in confusion. She never thought of escaping alone.

Han Ruzi sighed: "It is hard to break down family affairs. If I return to Beijing safely, the person who needs protection is the queen. If I cannot, the person who needs protection is my mother. She is very strong and will not be persecuted. I just hope you can tell my mother for me that I will die in Jincheng without regrets. Please don't be too sad, and don't hold a grudge against anyone. This is my choice and has nothing to do with others."

Meng E thought for a while, nodded, and after a while, she whispered: "I may not be able to escape."

Han Ruzi smiled slightly. At this time, he had nothing to force.

After dawn, Han Ruzi presided over the court meeting. It was not long and the officials had little to say. After that, Han Ruzi stood up and ordered the eunuch to bring the drinks and give them to everyone, and then said, "You all drink this cup together and can guard Jincheng with you. This trip is worth it."

Regardless of civil servants and military generals, everyone was wearing armor, no one knelt down and kowtowed, and no one cried bitterly. Everyone raised their glasses and drank together, then left the palace and went to their own positions.

Han Ruzi patrols the city and shouts long live the mountains wherever he passes. The men who won the war in Jincheng have already climbed to the city to guard the city, barely gathered up to eight thousand men. The soldiers were not enough, so many people could only fight naked, but they had prepared stones and iron balls.

Back at the palace, Han Ruzi toasted the eunuchs, guards and others who were accompanying him. Influenced by the emperor and the atmosphere of the whole city, no eunuch dared to cry.

Han Ruzi said to Cui Teng: "I will give you the piano master Zhang Qinyan, I hope you don't think it's too late."

Cui Teng had already drunk a few glasses of wine with the emperor, and said with great enthusiasm: "It's not too late, once, it's worth ten thousand gold. I, Cui Teng, have no regrets for a long time, and I, the rest will be left to His Majesty."

Han Ruzi smiled and shook her head, saying to Donghai King: "What do you want?"

"I have no wishes, only regrets."

"What regret?"

"I couldn't say goodbye to my mother."

Concubine Cui was killed in the palace and had not seen her son for many days. At the last moment, King Donghai only cared about this matter and had nothing to say to the Tan family.

Han Ruzi sighed softly, and he did not say goodbye to his mother. Donghai King smiled and said, "But I have nothing to worry about. I can always see her again anyway."

The emperor and everyone around him also changed into armor, climbed to the south city, and had lunch with the soldiers at the top of the city. All the flags were taken out, densely packed, almost circled the city wall.

Outside the city, a large number of Hun cavalry gathered near the siege weapon. They waited for darkness and waited for orders to launch the last siege. (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!